St Barnabas' Church, Woodford Green, is a

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church in Snakes Lane East,

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. It had its origins in a 1904 iron mission church – this was attached to St Paul's Church, Woodford. A permanent church was built between 1910 and 1911, with a

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, organ chamber, chancel and two bays of an aisled nave – the nave was completed in 1964. The church was designed by E T Dunn, who also designed

St Luke's Church, Ilford St Luke's Church, Ilford, is a Church of England parish church in Ilford, east London. It is dedicated to Saint Luke. It originated as a temporary mission built in the parish of St Clement's Church, Ilford, St Clement's in 1909. E T Dunn designe ...

, and produced a proposed design for a new chapel screen at St Peter's Church, Bethnal Green. Parts of the parishes of St Paul's, All Saints Church, Woodford Wells, and

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, were combined to form the new parish of St Barnabas in 1911.

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